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Lazy Weekend Things

Lauren2 Comments

Did I mention that I rang in the New Year with a cold?  Turns out 2014 isn’t the year I become magically immune to sore throats.  Bummer.  Anyways, I can’t really say I’m surprised, considering Joey, my sister and my mom have all been sick and I guess it hasn’t really been all that bad.  My sore throat went away after a couple days, my nose has only been stuffy at night and I haven’t lost my voice… yet, but the worst part has been the complete and utter lack of energy I’ve felt.  That, plus the fact that it snowed all weekend and we’re still recovering from too much fun having while my cousin was here = the ultimate lazy weekend.

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As in we watched 5 movies (2 of which were at the movie theater), ate soup, drank tea (oh wait that was just me) and ended each night with a dose of NyQuil (oh wait, that was also just me).  On Friday night we watched Trainspotting and sorry to any of you fans out there but… not a fan.  We spent half the movie looking up all the actors on IMDB (how did I not know Ewan McGregor was Scottish, not English?!) and the other half being grossed/weirded out.

Saturday we saw American Hustle and while it’s not the most glamourous or exciting of plots, I actually really liked it.  Why can’t I have Amy Adams’ hair?!  Also I seriously think my favorite part was watching Bradley Cooper doing the “American Hustle” (that’s what I’m calling that dance he does at the club now).  So so great.  Then we proceeded to go home… uh take a nap (me) then watch Beasts of the Southern Wild and Revolutionary Road.  Joey and I are now naming our first child “Hushpuppy” and I loved Revolutionary Road.  All is right in the world when Kate and Leo are on the screen together.

And I’ll paint a picture of Sunday morning for you.  Joey and I sleeping in till 10 AM then deciding last minute to go see a Sunday matinee and stuffing bagels and toast in our mouths as we drive to the theater.  Doing things in a rush is the American dream, right?  We saw Wolf of Wall Street and even though I’ve spent countless hours talking about it, I still can’t come up with a complete sentence that describes my feelings on the whole thing.  The fact that I keep talking about it is probably a sign that I liked it though, right?  Or at least thought it was fascinating?

What did you watch this weekend?

As 2013 Comes To An End

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As 2013 comes to an end, I find myself thinking a lot about the past year and a lot about my New Year’s Resolution.  Last December, I forced kindly invited Joey to recount all the fun we’d had that year and forced kindly invited him to do the same this year when I suddenly realized it was the end of the month already (where did December even go?!).  I thought I’d take a moment to do so here as well.

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In January, I started the new year with the resolve to be more open and say yes more.  I also saw a bajillion movies in preparation for award show season, made fancy pancakes and got honest about how January basically sucked.

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In February, I enjoyed Denver Restaurant Week, the Oscars and my first time at the Boulder International Film Festival.  Oh and helped throw our second Super Bowl bash.

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In March, I said yes to a trip to Arizona with Joey’s family, celebrated the arrival of Spring (hello, warmer weather) and said yes to a promotion, which turned out to be a lot less scary than my unrealistic mind had imagined.

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In April, I celebrated another Rockies Home Opener, dyed my hair red(ish), took Joey out for his 26th birthday (Linger & Little Man, for the win!), took my sister out for her 21st (!!!) birthday, said yes to another summer bowling league (why?!) and got in a Twitter fight with Robert Irvine.  Yes, seriously.

April was a good month!

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In May, I celebrated my (future) Mother-in-Law’s 50th birthday with a surprise party in the Coors Field Warning Track suite!  Followed by our 6 year anniversary and a trip to Vegas, baby!  It’s called Vegas, baby!, NV, right?

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In June, I participated in the Denver Heart Association’s Heart Walk, drew up an epic Summer Bucket List, joined a CSA, celebrated Jenn’s birthday and got sick for the third time in four months.  I now legitimately have a fear of colds.

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In July, I celebrated the 4th of July, my own 24th birthday and my best friend’s engagement within the first 10 days of the month.  Excitement overload!  I also said yes to being her Maid of Honor, although that was the easiest thing ever to say yes to 🙂 The end of the month was spent celebrating my dear mother’s birthday.  July is just a month for celebrating, I guess!

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In August, I said yes to a weekend trip to Joey’s family cabin.  Turned out I’d be avoiding something I ended up loving! Go figure.  Then… WE BOUGHT A HOUSE!  My mind is blank of anything we did after that 😛

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In September, we celebrated our first homebrewiversary (and haven’t brewed a single batch of beer since…), Colorado flooded 😦 and… WE GOT ENGAGED.  I said yes in a BIG way!  My mind is blank of anything we did after that too 😛  P.S. I swear that ring is on my left hand… stupid camera reversal!

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In October, we (sort of) settled into our house, (sort of) settled into wedding planning and took a trip to New Orleans, where we got to forget about needing to get settled into anything but that vacation mentality.  I also experienced my first Halloween, full of trick-or-treaters, as a homeowner!

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In November, after a grueling 9 hour wait, we reserved a public park for our wedding ceremony and officially had a wedding date! We also tackled a bunch of house renovation stuff (okay this was more Joey than me…), attended an engagement party thrown in our honor, finally got to see our engagement photos and enjoyed two fabulous Thanksgiving celebrations.  I ❤ Thanksgiving.

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In December, I revealed our mini bathroom reno (I’ll leave it up to you to decide if mini is describing the bathroom or the reno), bought a new fridge and range, changed up our KBCO Studio C tradition, got totally spoiled at Christmas, had my first out of town guest at the new house (my cousin is still here actually!) and… said yes to skiing! <—More on that at a later date, though 🙂

In case all my underlining didn’t tip you off, I’m pretty happy with how my New Year’s Resolution went.  I honest to goodness kept it in mind all year and tried to be more open to trying things I might normally say no to.  Most of them paid off, one of them didn’t.  I’m never bowling again 😛  And although some were really easy to say yes to (I think you know which), others weren’t and I’m proud of myself for being more open.  2013 was an amazing year and yet, as amazing as 2013 was, I think 2014 is going to top it!

Happy New Year!